Betsy Ross Solitaire
Betsy Ross
is a solitaire card game using a deck of 52 playing cards. It is similar
to another solitaire card game called Calculation except there is no
tableau to play in and there is only one wastepile rather than four.
To begin the game, four cards are removed
from the deck and placed in a row: an ace, a two, a three, and a four.
Another four cards are placed in a row below those four cards: a two, a
four, a six, and an eight. The table below shows how this is arranged:
The cards on the second row compose the
foundations themselves, while the cards on the row above denote how the
cards should be built on the foundations. The foundation placed under
the ace starts with the two and it is built in ones. The foundation
under the two starts with the four and it is built in twos, and so on.
The table below shows how the foundations should be built:
Signs &
Foundations |
A |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
J |
Q |
K |
|
2 |
4 |
6 |
8 |
10 |
Q |
A |
3 |
5 |
7 |
9 |
J |
K |
|
3 |
6 |
9 |
Q |
2 |
5 |
8 |
J |
A |
4 |
7 |
10 |
K |
|
4 |
8 |
Q |
3 |
7 |
J |
2 |
6 |
10 |
A |
5 |
9 |
K |
What makes this different from
Calculation is how the cards in the stock are dealt. There is no tableau
to place the cards from the stock. Instead, there is a wastepile where
cards from the stock are placed. Cards from the stock are laid one at a
time to the wastepile and can be placed on the foundations if possible
and/or necessary. Only the top card of the wastepile is available for
play and once the stock has run out, the cards on the wastepile are
turned over and become the stock. The game is won when every card from the
stock is built on the foundations.
Cards must be clicked
first to be selected and placed to foundation. Right clicking on a card
in the stock or wastepile will result in the card being transferred from
stock (if any) to wastepile. They will not be automatically transferred
to any of the foundation to allow the player total control where the
players wants to place the card(s) first. |
